Shloka 1
सीतान्वेषणविलापः
Rama’s Lament and Search for Sita
भृशमाव्रजमानस्य तस्याधो वामलोचनम्।प्रास्फुरच्चास्खलद्रामो वेपथुश्चाप्य जायत।।3.60.1।।
bhṛśam āvrajamānasya tasyādho vāmalocanam |
prāsphurac cāskhalad rāmo vepathuś cāpy ajāyata || 3.60.1 ||
وبينما كان راما يمضي، خفقَت عينه اليسرى خفقًا شديدًا؛ فتعثّر، وسرى في جسده ارتجاف—وهي نُذُرٌ مشؤومة تُنذر بالشدّة.
All groups of sages, who knew dharma, and were upholders of righteousness reached Rama, the supreme knower of dharma, and said:
FAQs
Dharma is tested under suffering: the verse signals the coming crisis where steadfastness must endure fear and uncertainty.
At the onset of the Sītā-separation episode, bodily omens appear in Rāma, foreshadowing calamity.
Rāma’s human vulnerability before impending duty—his body reacts even as he must continue acting rightly.